POYi Latin America

We are on our way to Ecuador for the first competition of Latin American photographers — very exciting. It’s been 17 years since we traveled to photograph “Descubriendo Ecuador” a book that captured the people and landscapes.

The judges are Ruth Eichhorn, Melissa Farlow, Claudi Carreras Gullien, Francisco Mata Roasas, Walter Astrada and alternate judge and rapporteur Iata Cannabraza. The judging takes place in Quito from March 14 to 18, 2011 and will be broadcast live.
Although many have worked to organize this first judging, a special mention goes to Pablo Corral Vega and Loup Langton who conceived the idea, and found a sponsor, the Knight Center for International Media.
Latin American photojournalists began connecting through a social network to provide a place to share ideas and work. The group has grown to nearly 2,000 members who post portfolios and discuss various topics in their forums.

Pablo Corral Vega began coordinating with friends and colleagues and began the site two years ago that regularly posts portfolios and current work. Impressive.

Publications

Random Journal Excerpt From a Remote Location

No Shirt

The next morning I need to change shirts, and I realize I should go into the tent to do it, but it is a production to do anything in a small tent, and all of these folks are half naked anyway… So… I take off my shirt in the middle of the camp and 70 pygmies all gasp and cry out at once… the sight of that much white skin is a bit much for them. I am ok with that, but I am really tired of all the babies crying when I come near and even their friendly little dogs start barking like crazy when I am close to them.

Stock Photography

This links to our Photoshelter site. There are also individual links to PS in our galleries.